With so many people rallying in Washington over the weekend led by charlatans and hypocrites Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, who have convinced themselves they are heirs to the civil rights movement the real rally that will bring real civil rights to our country must begin. While it will not be led by false prophets who care only for their own greed and seek to brainwash their audiences that they care about anyone but the greediest and least patriotic among us it will need to take the route of the civil rights movement they have sought to hijack. You see, in the south we see all that has been going wrong in this country. Exploitation of workers, low wages, few worker protections and low union representation and the disasterous effects of bad trade deals and uncaring, greedy "Conservative" representation.
Either Glenn Beck is completely delusional or he simply cannot read the Bible. You see, in all his egotistical fury he seems to think his rally tomorrow is going to be attended by God, and is sanctioned by Jesus. Uh, Glenn if you had actually read the Bible you so profess to believe in you would know one thing. Jesus does not like greed and he does not like hatred. He also does not like a liar who will turn anything around to further the causes of the most greedy and least compassionate among us.
While I might have been somewhat disappointed in the financial regulation bill that was passed because I felt it did go far enough, it is curious to here the spin in the right-wing community. Somehow, regulating the bankers and Wall St. some is going to hurt all of us, the little people. Even after getting a watered down version Wall St. and their Corporate apologists have made one thing perfectly clear. They wanted the old system they crashed to remain intact. Now, they are relegated to spreading worthless propaganda once more.
Listening to the right-wing foghorns out there one would get certain perceptions. When talking about taxes they must convince their righteous flock that those poor rich folks who crash the economy and pay low wages are hurting. They are being soaked by that most ultimate of villains, the government. You see, if they make folks believe that these are the only people that pay any taxes then they may very well convince the American people that it is quite unfair and get more tax breaks for the rich at the expense of the rest of us.
I wrote this diary the other day about the uproar caused by President Obama calling out the idiotic rhetoric coming from folks like Rush Limbaugh and ultimate stooge Glenn Beck. Yes, the President committed the ultimate sin of saying that being called a Nazi, a communist and the executioner of everyone's grandmother is "troublesome". Now, big mouth Oxycontin addict Rush Limbaugh has taken offense and fired off an email to Politico about the President and his agenda as it compares to what Limbaugh preaches.
Man for so many years in rural America we have heard that Democrats would take our guns, although no Democrat has taken a gun from a rural American that I know. Now, it appears as if the guns aren't all Obama and the rest of us in the "Socialist-Nazi-Communist" cabal that is trying to turn the Capital into Red Square want to seize from rural Americans. Yes, now the good ole boys had better brace for the next fight. Yes, Glenn Beck watchers now we want your fishing poles!!
We all know how heartless and idiotic the Republican talking heads who give voice to the greediest and least patriotic among us can be. However, last week these folks proved yet again just how devoid of compassion for fellow Americans and indeed human beings they are if it means them sacrificing anything to that end. Yes, the right-wing talk show host mentality demonstrates nicely everything that is wrong in this country.
You know the tea-baggers probably should change their names. The "taxed enough already" thing just does not fit. One of the main reasons it does not is that their taxes have not even been raised yet. Another reason is that they are being scammed by power-brokers in the Republican Party. I guess a more fitting name would be "sea-baggers" as they have been "scammed enough already".
Since the ending of the year is upon us with the help of Media Matters, here at Hillbilly Report we want to revisit some of the most hate-filled, maniacal, and un-American comments made by some of the most ignorant folks on the planet. Unfortunately most of these folks have a multitude of brainwashed zombies to soak this hatred in like gospel.
Well, we have a healthcare bill passed in the House. While I have very mixed feelings on the bill, it is at least a step in the right direction, albeit a baby step. However, as while I wanted the bill to be stronger and fear it's fate in the "House of Lords" known as the U.S. Senate, I will not sit idly by as Conservative idiot "pundits" lie about the process which gave birth to this historical vote.
Poor Rush Limbaugh. Maybe he should learn that if you want to spew lies and propoganda about other folks then there is a price to pay. Sure, it may make you a hero to some of the most insufferable people on earth, but everyone else cannot stand you. After over twenty years of spewing ignorance, hate and idiocy he simply refuses to admit than anyone else but himself is to blame for most of America simply loathing him.
On the top of the Republican hate list either just over or just under Barack Obama is Nancy Pelosi. Being from the vilified city of San Francisco, it seems every self-righteous wingnut in the world loves to hate Nancy. While I do not always agree with her, this unending attack and vilification from the right has actually whipped up a little sympathy for our Speaker of the House, I just wish she would quit playing footsies with these folks and fight them with all the resources at our disposal.
Earlier I wrote this diary about Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh greatly exaggerating the numbers of folks that turned out at the D.C. Tea Party. Now it appears as if they are definately not alone. All across the Right-Wing Loon Machine, the two million exaggerations persisted:
Man, the right-wing lunatics in this country freak out over any little thing President Obama does. Since he is governing from the center, one has to wonder what they would do if a real Progressive was ever elected. Oh well, the latest case in point is them freaking out over Obama giving a speech to school age kids on the importance of staying in school to their own futures and the future of our country. It seems they feel truancy is a better alternative.
Senator Kennedy's death broke the hearts of many Progressives and is firing them up to pass his life's work, Universal Healthcare. It is common sense to rename the healthcare bill after Kennedy since he has worked as hard as anyone to bring it about. However, despite that Republicans seem to be taking issue with Democrats "using" Kennedy's name to do something he wanted done.
We have been detailing how the Right-Wing lunatic radio station in Paducah is propogandizing Western Kentucky voters by the means of a church. Our main point is that such hate-filled folks with hate-filled rhetoric have no business in a church. Well, lets listen to some of the hate played today by WKYX-WKYQ:
We have detailed both here and here about how a far-right radio station owned by Bristol Broadcasting is holding a propoganda meeting in a church. They feature a panel of "knowledgable people" including a right-wing reporter, and a Doctor who is a huge contributor to Republicans who will present far-right-wing talking points as fact and will attempt to propogandize religous folks in Western Kentucky.
I did a little piece on myths vs. realities in the healthcare fight the other day. However, Media matters released such an article that dwarfs mine and is well worth the time to read. It dispels many myths in the healthcare fight completely.
Many of us have known all along that the right-wing loons will do anything to maintain the status-quo and the profits of the greediest and least patriotic among us. We knew they would fight tooth-and-nail with misleading propoganda and downright lies. Well, we have not been disappointed. They have unleashed a propoganda campaign that has fed a consistent line of lies that unfortunately many have started to believe. Lets looks at some of the Right-wing myths compared to the hard realities.
